From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
To: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: call __add_ino_entry out of the eviction path
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:21:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <antMFzknuidHVm5D@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ed6541f-d273-4049-87f1-406f10ad9b4c@kernel.org>
On 08/11, Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> On 8/8/26 06:02, Jaegeuk Kim via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> > The f2fs_evict_inode() can be called during the direct reclaim path, but
> > __add_ino_entry requires allocating some memory. Since we don't need to
> > do that in that context, let's migrate it in other workqueue context.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 11 ++++++
> > fs/f2fs/data.c | 13 ++++++-
> > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 4 ++
> > fs/f2fs/inode.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > fs/f2fs/super.c | 9 ++++-
> > 5 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > index 9da51d2a7af7..e2b27fa8941f 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > @@ -766,6 +766,15 @@ static void __remove_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino, int type)
> > spin_unlock(&im->ino_lock);
> > }
> >
> > +static void f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int mode)
> > +{
> > + if (mode != APPEND_INO && mode != UPDATE_INO)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + /* Let's wait for some pending updates for APPEND_INO and UPDATE_INO. */
> > + flush_workqueue(sbi->evict_wq);
> > +}
> > +
> > void f2fs_add_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino, int type)
> > {
> > struct inode_management *im = &sbi->im[type];
> > @@ -853,6 +862,8 @@ void f2fs_release_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool all)
> > for (i = all ? ORPHAN_INO : FLUSH_INO; i <= FLUSH_INO; i++) {
> > struct inode_management *im = &sbi->im[i];
> >
> > + f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(sbi, i);
> > +
> > spin_lock(&im->ino_lock);
> > list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &im->ino_list, list) {
> > list_del(&e->list);
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > index c219ea76a3a7..6ae0eb37d20f 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > @@ -4558,13 +4558,24 @@ int f2fs_init_wq(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > {
> > sbi->wq = alloc_workqueue("f2fs_wq", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI,
> > num_online_cpus());
> > - return sbi->wq ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> > + if (!sbi->wq)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + sbi->evict_wq = alloc_workqueue("f2fs_evict_wq",
> > + WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI, num_online_cpus());
> > + if (!sbi->evict_wq) {
> > + destroy_workqueue(sbi->wq);
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
> > + return 0;
> > }
> >
> > void f2fs_destroy_wq(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > {
> > if (sbi->wq)
> > destroy_workqueue(sbi->wq);
> > + if (sbi->evict_wq)
> > + destroy_workqueue(sbi->evict_wq);
> > }
> >
> > int __init f2fs_init_bio_entry_cache(void)
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > index 1f8c4bb7c5cb..5ae2d347c3ce 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > @@ -2020,6 +2020,8 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
> >
> > struct workqueue_struct *wq; /* bio completion workqueue */
> >
> > + struct workqueue_struct *evict_wq; /* inode eviction workqueue */
> > +
> > /*
> > * If we are in irq context, let's update error information into
> > * on-disk superblock in the work.
> > @@ -3885,6 +3887,8 @@ int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
> > void f2fs_remove_donate_inode(struct inode *inode);
> > void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
> > void f2fs_handle_failed_inode(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_lock_context *lc);
> > +int f2fs_init_evict_inode_work(void);
> > +void f2fs_destroy_evict_inode_work(void);
> >
> > /*
> > * namei.c
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> > index 553b1e338aa1..ca812d7d2bee 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> > @@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
> > extern const struct address_space_operations f2fs_compress_aops;
> > #endif
> >
> > +#define NUM_PREALLOC_EVICT_INODE_WORK 8
> > +
> > +static struct kmem_cache *evict_inode_work_cache;
> > +static mempool_t *evict_inode_work_pool;
> > +
> > +struct evict_inode_work {
> > + struct work_struct work;
> > + struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi;
> > + nid_t ino;
> > + unsigned int add_ino_entry_bits;
> > +};
> > +
> > void f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode, bool sync)
> > {
> > if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_NEW_INODE))
> > @@ -637,6 +649,9 @@ struct inode *f2fs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
> > inode->i_fop = &f2fs_dir_operations;
> > inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
> > mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
> > +
> > + /* Let's prepare APPEND/UPDATE_INO before future access. */
> > + flush_workqueue(sbi->evict_wq);
> > } else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
> > if (file_is_encrypt(inode))
> > inode->i_op = &f2fs_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations;
> > @@ -854,6 +869,25 @@ void f2fs_remove_donate_inode(struct inode *inode)
> > spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[DONATE_INODE]);
> > }
> >
> > +static void f2fs_record_inode_state(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino,
> > + unsigned int bits)
> > +{
> > + if (bits & BIT(APPEND_INO))
> > + f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, ino, APPEND_INO);
> > + if (bits & BIT(UPDATE_INO))
> > + f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, ino, UPDATE_INO);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void f2fs_evict_inode_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > + struct evict_inode_work *ew =
> > + container_of(work, struct evict_inode_work, work);
> > +
> > + f2fs_record_inode_state(ew->sbi, ew->ino, ew->add_ino_entry_bits);
> > +
> > + mempool_free(ew, evict_inode_work_pool);
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * Return true, if we shouldn't go through post_evict_inode.
> > */
> > @@ -988,6 +1022,7 @@ static void f2fs_post_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> > struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
> > struct f2fs_inode_info *fi = F2FS_I(inode);
> > nid_t xnid = fi->i_xattr_nid;
> > + unsigned int record_bits = 0;
> >
> > dquot_drop(inode);
> >
> > @@ -1014,12 +1049,32 @@ static void f2fs_post_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> > inode->i_ino);
> > if (xnid)
> > invalidate_mapping_pages(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), xnid, xnid);
> > - if (inode->i_nlink) {
> > - if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE))
> > - f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO);
> > - if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_UPDATE_WRITE))
> > - f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO);
> > +
> > + if (!inode->i_nlink)
> > + goto skip_record;
> > +
> > + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE))
> > + record_bits = BIT(APPEND_INO);
> > + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_UPDATE_WRITE))
> > + record_bits = BIT(UPDATE_INO);
> > +
> > + if (!record_bits)
> > + goto skip_record;
> > +
> > + /* Let's do this in workqueue out of the direct reclaim path. */
> > + if (current_is_kswapd()) {
>
> Need #include <linux/swap.h> ?
Yes, I fixed and applied directly to the dev.
>
> Thanks,
>
> > + f2fs_record_inode_state(sbi, inode->i_ino, record_bits);
> > + } else {
> > + struct evict_inode_work *ew =
> > + mempool_alloc(evict_inode_work_pool, GFP_NOFS);
> > +
> > + ew->sbi = sbi;
> > + ew->ino = inode->i_ino;
> > + ew->add_ino_entry_bits = record_bits;
> > + INIT_WORK(&ew->work, f2fs_evict_inode_work);
> > + queue_work(sbi->evict_wq, &ew->work);
> > }
> > +skip_record:
> > if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_FREE_NID)) {
> > f2fs_alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
> > clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);
> > @@ -1105,3 +1160,29 @@ void f2fs_handle_failed_inode(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_lock_context *lc)
> > /* iput will drop the inode object */
> > iput(inode);
> > }
> > +
> > +int __init f2fs_init_evict_inode_work(void)
> > +{
> > + evict_inode_work_cache =
> > + kmem_cache_create("f2fs_evict_inode_work",
> > + sizeof(struct evict_inode_work), 0, 0, NULL);
> > + if (!evict_inode_work_cache)
> > + goto fail;
> > + evict_inode_work_pool =
> > + mempool_create_slab_pool(NUM_PREALLOC_EVICT_INODE_WORK,
> > + evict_inode_work_cache);
> > + if (!evict_inode_work_pool)
> > + goto fail_free_cache;
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > +fail_free_cache:
> > + kmem_cache_destroy(evict_inode_work_cache);
> > +fail:
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void f2fs_destroy_evict_inode_work(void)
> > +{
> > + mempool_destroy(evict_inode_work_pool);
> > + kmem_cache_destroy(evict_inode_work_cache);
> > +}
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > index f8f4a7bac1ab..8feae93d35b4 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > @@ -5764,10 +5764,16 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
> > err = f2fs_init_xattr_cache();
> > if (err)
> > goto free_casefold_cache;
> > - err = register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
> > + err = f2fs_init_evict_inode_work();
> > if (err)
> > goto free_xattr_cache;
> > + err = register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
> > + if (err)
> > + goto free_evict_inode_cache;
> > return 0;
> > +
> > +free_evict_inode_cache:
> > + f2fs_destroy_evict_inode_work();
> > free_xattr_cache:
> > f2fs_destroy_xattr_cache();
> > free_casefold_cache:
> > @@ -5810,6 +5816,7 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
> > static void __exit exit_f2fs_fs(void)
> > {
> > unregister_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
> > + f2fs_destroy_evict_inode_work();
> > f2fs_destroy_xattr_cache();
> > f2fs_destroy_casefold_cache();
> > f2fs_destroy_compress_cache();
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 22:02 [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: refactor f2fs_evict_inode having three major parts Jaegeuk Kim
2026-08-07 22:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: call __add_ino_entry out of the eviction path Jaegeuk Kim
2026-08-11 1:49 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chao Yu
2026-08-11 12:49 ` Chao Yu
2026-08-11 16:21 ` Jaegeuk Kim [this message]
2026-08-11 1:48 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: refactor f2fs_evict_inode having three major parts Chao Yu
2026-08-11 4:30 ` patchwork-bot+f2fs
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